Sava
n
nah Copper
Company wh
ich operated the
plant for
a short time. Eve
n at first,
Savannah w
as caught up
in the dre
am that first captured the H
earst family, an
d later the Coman
che Co. Savannah made some impro
ILERSBA Information
vement at the pla
n, and the
smelter could all
egedly handle between 250 and 300 tons or ore per d
ay. Like Comanche
, Savannah was als
o in
te
rested in buying
or
es from small mining operations. Again, the Independent - the wee
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kly predecessor to the Daily Press - had this to say in 1908: "The
main ore sup
ply will
be dr
awn fr
om the
Wednesday
company'
s mine
s, but c
u
s
ore
tom
ll be
wi
rchas
pu
e
nd f
d a
and
air
uare
sq
eatme
tr
nt ac
(B)
c
ed t
ord
mine
he
it
r,"
PRSBI
sai
PRSBI
d.
who
The
oper
le
on -
ati
ke th
li
arrow
e n
-
IRTB
gau
rail
ge
d - n
roa
r rea
eve
7
8
l
ly
p
an
ne
d
o
ut
he o
. T
perat
(A)
was
ion
id
for
le
eral
sev
yea
(C)
until
rs
13. T
19
he
IRTB
n,
aine
Rom
IRTB
Fi
ing a
eld
the L
nd
ub
Moti
in
IRTB
on
ture
Pic
mpany
Co
me to
ca
t
, an
own
he a
d t
doned
ban
smel
(B)
te
r
ca
t th
ugh
e
IRTB
dir
ecto
(B)
eye
r's
.
undy
"S
s a
wa
illi
thr
ng
day
(A)
r th
fo
IRTB
e S
27
er C
ilv
peo
ity
pl
e,
"
sa
i
d
t
he Indepe
ndent that
year. "The Lubi
n
EMRTC
Co. enacted a drama
at the
smelter below
town, blew up
the narro
w gauge ra